1. Who was Rizal’s first love? 8.

Who was the Belgian woman Rizal met

a) Leonor Rivera in Brussels in 1890?
b) Segunda Katigbak a) Consuelo Ortega
c) Gertrude Beckett b) Gertrude Beckett
d) Josephine Bracken c) Suzanne Jacoby
d) Nellie Boustead
2. How old was Rizal when he met
Segunda Katigbak? 9. Which woman stayed with Rizal until his
a) 15 execution?
b) 16 a) Segunda Katigbak
c) 17 b) Leonor Rivera
d) 18 c) Josephine Bracken
d) Gertrude Beckett
3. What did Rizal use to write his secret
love notes to Leonor Valenzuela? 10. Rizal met Josephine Bracken while
a) Pencil sketches treating her father for:
b) Invisible ink (salt water) a) Tuberculosis
c) Blood ink b) Blindness
d) Coal dust c) Malaria
d) Leprosy
4. Who was Rizal’s childhood sweetheart?
a) Leonor Rivera 11. Rizal was born in the:
b) Nelly Boustead a) 17th century
c) Suzanne Jacoby b) 18th century
d) O Sei San c) 19th century
d) 20th century
5. Whose love ended because Rizal
refused to convert to Protestantism? 12. The Manila-Acapulco trade was also
a) Josephine Bracken known as:
b) Leonor Rivera a) Galleon Trade
c) Nellie Boustead b) Silk Route
d) Suzanne Jacoby c) Spice Trade
d) Trans-Pacific Trade
6. Rizal’s inspiration for the poem “A La
Señorita C.O.y P.” was: 13. When Spain ended the Galleon Trade,
a) O Sei San they opened the Philippines to world
b) Consuelo Ortega y Rey commerce in:
c) Leonor Rivera a) 1821
d) Gertrude Beckett b) 1834
c) 1848
7. Which Japanese woman taught Rizal d) 1863
su-mie painting?
a) O Sei San 14. The Suez Canal shortened travel
b) Nelly Boustead between:
c) Suzanne Jacoby a) America and Asia
d) Consuelo Ortega b) Europe and the Philippines
c) Spain and Mexico
d) China and Manila
 b) José Protacio Rizal Mercado y
15. Which group of educated Filipinos Alonso Realonda
sought reforms and equality with c) José Protacio Mercado Rizal y
Spaniards? Quintos
a) Katipunan d) José Alonso Rizal Mercado y
b) Ilustrados Realonda
c) Propagandists
d) Inquilinos 22. Rizal’s nickname was:
a) Pepe
16. The Ilustrados were inspired by the b) Pepeño
democratic ideals of the: c) Niño
a) Mexican Revolution d) Pepeñito
b) Industrial Revolution
c) French Revolution 23. Rizal’s father, Francisco Mercado,
d) American Revolution studied:
a) Agriculture
17. In the late 19th century, wealthy b) Medicine
natives who leased land from friars were c) Latin and Philosophy
called: d) Law
a) Principalia
b) Mestizos 24. Rizal’s mother, Teodora Alonso,
c) Inquilinos studied at:
d) Gobernadorcillo a) Colegio de San Jose
b) Colegio de Santa Rosa
18. The Industrial Revolution fueled c) Ateneo Municipal
economic growth in the Philippines by d) University of Santo Tomas
encouraging:
a) Mining of gold 25. Which sibling nurtured Rizal’s love for
b) Crop agriculture art?
c) Slave labor a) Gregorio
d) Shipbuilding b) Jose Alberto
c) Manuel
19. The Cavite Mutiny of 1872 began d) Paciano
because workers’ privileges were:
a) Expanded 26. Which sibling instilled in Rizal the love
b) Removed for education and hard work?
c) Modernized a) Gregorio
d) Ignored b) Jose Alberto
c) Manuel
20. The execution of Gomburza was d) Paciano
carried out through:
a) Hanging 27. Who helped Rizal develop physical
b) Firing squad skills despite being weak as a child?
c) Garrote a) Leon Monroy
d) Stoning b) Manuel
c) Paciano
21. What is Rizal’s full name? d) Gregorio
a) José Mercado Rizal y Realonda
28. Who was Rizal’s tutor that taught him
Spanish and Latin but died after 5 35. Rizal later shifted to the course of:
months? a) Law
a) Maestro Justiniano b) Medicine
b) Leon Monroy c) Engineering
c) Father Magin Ferrando d) Surveying
d) Jose Alberto
36. Rizal’s prize-winning poem “A la
29. Rizal’s first formal teacher in Biñan Juventud Filipina” was written when he
was: was at:
a) Maestro Justiniano a) UST
b) Leon Monroy b) Ateneo
c) Jose Alberto c) Colegio de San Jose
d) Paciano d) Brussels

30. Rizal’s mother was once accused of: 37. Rizal also won a contest in honor of:
a) Theft a) William Shakespeare
b) Blasphemy b) Miguel de Cervantes
c) Attempted poisoning c) José de Espronceda
d) Rebellion d) Lope de Vega

31. Who initially rejected Rizal’s admission 38. Rizal’s winning piece in the Cervantes
to Ateneo? contest was entitled:
a) Father Collantes a) A la Juventud Filipina
b) Father Burgos b) The Council of the Gods
c) Father Magin Ferrando c) Mi Ultimo Adios
d) Father Balaguer d) Sa Aking Mga Kabata

32. With whose help was Rizal admitted to 39. At UST, Rizal founded a secret society
Ateneo? called:
a) Paciano a) Propaganda Movement
b) Manuel Burgos b) Companerismo
c) Jose Alberto c) La Liga Filipina
d) Gregorio d) Katipunan

33. Ateneo divided classes into two 40. The derogatory name “indio” was used
groups: by:
a) Greeks and Romans a) Filipino students to Spaniards
b) Romans and Carthaginians b) Spaniards to Filipino students
c) Spaniards and Indios c) Filipinos to mestizos
d) Lions and Eagles d) Friars to priests

34. Rizal enrolled in the University of 41. RA 1425 is also known as:
Santo Tomas to study first: a) Rizal Law
a) Medicine b) National Hero Law
b) Law c) Education Reform Law
c) Philosophy and Letters d) Philippine Literature Law
d) Engineering
42. Rizal Law mandates the inclusion of d) Unknown
which works in school curricula?
a) El Filibusterismo only 49. At what age was Rizal executed in
b) Noli Me Tangere only 1896?
c) Both Noli Me Tangere and El a) 32
Filibusterismo b) 33
d) All Rizal’s poems c) 34
d) 35
43. Rizal Law was enacted in:
a) 1896 50. Who was Rizal’s constant companion
b) 1946 in Japan, teaching him culture and
c) 1956 language?
d) 1962 a) Nelly Boustead
b) O Sei San
44. Who was Rizal’s brother and c) Leonor Rivera
housemate of Fr. Jose Burgos? d) Gertrude Beckett
a) Jose Alberto
b) Paciano
c) Gregorio
d) Manuel

45. Which historian argued that Rizal’s

poem “Sa Aking Mga Kabata” was not
authentic?
a) Teodoro Agoncillo
b) Ambeth Ocampo
c) Gregorio Zaide
d) Renato Constantino

46. Rizal described his father Francisco

as:
a) Strict disciplinarian
b) A model of fathers
c) A liberal reformer
d) A loyal soldier

47. The educational decree of 1863

attempted to:
a) Establish free public schools
b) Limit natives’ education
c) Abolish friar schools
d) Create schools only for Spaniards

48. By 1866, literacy rate in the

Philippines compared to Spain was:
a) Lower
b) Equal
c) Higher
1. Rizal once met a young woman in Lipa, eldest daughter fell deeply in love with him
Batangas, who made him blush whenever and even helped with his art. Who was
she looked at him. However, their love she?
ended before he could confess. Who was a) Nellie Boustead
she? b) Suzanne Jacoby
a) Leonor Rivera c) Gertrude Beckett
b) Segunda Katigbak d) Leonor Rivera
c) Josephine Bracken
d) Nellie Boustead 7. In Brussels, Rizal was often seen
attending summer festivals with a Belgian
2. At 17, Rizal wrote secret letters using woman who lived with her aunts. Who was
invisible ink that could only be revealed she?
with candlelight. Who was the recipient of a) Suzanne Jacoby
these messages? b) Consuelo Ortega
a) Leonor Valenzuela c) O Sei San
b) Consuelo Ortega d) Segunda Katigbak
c) Suzanne Jacoby
d) Gertrude Beckett 8. Rizal almost married a mestiza
French-Filipina, but their relationship
3. Imagine Rizal leaving Manila for Spain, ended because he refused to convert to
but before his departure, he visited a girl Protestantism. Who was this woman?
he deeply admired and bade her farewell. a) Gertrude Beckett
Who was this lady? b) Nellie Boustead
a) Leonor Rivera c) Leonor Rivera
b) Leonor Valenzuela d) Josephine Bracken
c) O Sei San
d) Josephine Bracken 9. In Dapitan, Rizal cared for the blind
adoptive father of a young Irish woman.
4. Rizal once stayed in Madrid, Spain, and This woman later lived with Rizal until his
fell in love with the daughter of Don Pablo execution. Who was she?
Ortega. Inspired, he wrote the poem *A La a) Suzanne Jacoby
Señorita C.O.y P.*. Who was she? b) Nellie Boustead
a) Consuelo Ortega y Rey c) Josephine Bracken
b) O Sei San d) O Sei San
c) Nellie Boustead
d) Suzanne Jacoby 10. After Rizal’s execution, the woman
considered his “widow” married Vicente
5. While in Japan, Rizal enjoyed the Abad two years later. Who was she?
company of a samurai’s daughter who a) Segunda Katigbak
taught him Japanese culture and the art of b) Josephine Bracken
*su-mie* painting. Who was this woman? c) Leonor Valenzuela
a) O Sei San d) Leonor Rivera
b) Gertrude Beckett
c) Josephine Bracken 11. Imagine a Filipino trader before the
d) Segunda Katigbak Spaniards arrived. With whom could he
have traded?
6. Rizal once stayed in London, where he a) China, Japan, Siam, Cambodia, India
lodged in the Beckett household. The b) Mexico and Spain only
 c) England and America 17. Rizal’s father was highly respected
d) Africa and Arabia and described by his son as “a model of
fathers.” What was his name?
12. A Filipino landlord in the 1800s a) Gregorio Rizal
subleased friar estates and became b) Jose Alberto Rizal
wealthy. What was he called? c) Francisco Mercado Rizal
a) Gobernadorcillo d) Paciano Rizal
b) Inquilino
c) Ilustrado 18. Teodora Alonso, Rizal’s mother, was
d) Principalia highly educated in music and literature.
Where did she study?
13. If a Filipino student traveled to Spain a) Ateneo Municipal
in the 19th century, he would most likely b) Colegio de Santa Rosa
be exposed to liberal and secular ideas c) San Juan de Letran
from which revolution? d) University of Santo Tomas
a) French Revolution
b) Mexican Revolution 19. A boyhood mentor of Rizal, Jose
c) Russian Revolution Alberto, inspired him in arts like painting
d) Chinese Revolution and sculpture. What was Rizal’s
relationship to him?
14. In 1872, workers in Cavite rebelled a) Uncle
because their privileges (like tax b) Brother
exemptions and freedom from forced c) Cousin
labor) were taken away. What was this d) Father
event called?
a) Cavite Mutiny 20. As a boy, Rizal’s physical weakness
b) Galleon Trade Revolt was corrected by training under which
c) Katipunan Uprising family member?
d) Cry of Balintawak a) Paciano
b) Manuel
15. Rizal’s brother Paciano personally c) Gregorio
witnessed the execution of three priests by d) Jose Alberto
garrote, which greatly influenced Rizal’s
future. Who were these priests? 21. Rizal’s family first enrolled him at San
a) Gomez, Burgos, Zamora (Gomburza) Juan de Letran, but his father decided
b) Bonifacio, Jacinto, Mabini otherwise. Instead, Rizal studied where?
c) Burgos, Del Pilar, Ponce a) UST
d) Gomez, Rizal, Burgos b) Ateneo Municipal de Manila
c) Colegio de Santa Rosa
16. A young boy was born on June 19, d) San Jose Seminary
1861, in Calamba, Laguna, baptized by
Father Collantes, and nicknamed “Pepe.” 22. Father Magin Ferrando initially
Who was he? rejected Rizal at Ateneo because he was
a) Andres Bonifacio pale, thin, undersized, and late for
b) Marcelo del Pilar registration. Who helped him gain
c) Jose Rizal admission?
d) Emilio Aguinaldo a) Father Collantes
b) Manuel Burgos
 c) Paciano Rizal b) La Liga Filipina
d) Jose Alberto c) Propaganda Movement
d) Katipunan
23. At Ateneo, students were divided into
two groups to foster competition. What 29. Rizal won another prize for his allegory
were these groups called? in a contest dedicated to Miguel de
a) Greeks and Romans Cervantes. What was the title of this work?
b) Romans and Carthaginians a) El Filibusterismo
c) Spartans and Athenians b) Noli Me Tangere
d) Indios and Mestizos c) The Council of the Gods
d) Sa Aking Mga Kabata
24. At UST, Rizal first took up Philosophy
and Letters, but later shifted to: 30. Which historian claimed that Rizal’s
a) Medicine famous poem *Sa Aking Mga Kabata* is
b) Law not authentic because no original
c) Engineering manuscript exists?
d) Literature a) Teodoro Agoncillo
b) Ambeth Ocampo
25. In a literary contest, Rizal’s poem *A la c) Gregorio Zaide
Juventud Filipina* won first prize. What d) Renato Constantino
was the main message of this poem?
a) Love of God 31. If a Filipino student today studies Noli
b) Youth as hope of the nation Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo as
c) Criticism of Spain mandated by law, which law is being
d) Call for revolution followed?
a) RA 1425
26. In another contest, Rizal won with his b) RA 9003
allegory *The Council of the Gods,* written c) RA 1424
in honor of which Spanish writer? d) RA 10066
a) Cervantes
b) Shakespeare 32. RA 1425 was passed in 1956. What is
c) Quevedo this law popularly called?
d) Lope de Vega a) National Hero Law
b) Rizal Law
27. Rizal and other Filipino students in c) Literature Law
UST were discriminated against and d) Philippine Education Law
called “indio” or “chongo.” How did they
retaliate? 33. Which novels are required under RA
a) By writing complaints 1425?
b) By forming Katipunan a) Noli Me Tangere only
c) By calling Spaniards “Kastila” or b) El Filibusterismo only
“bangus” c) Both Noli and El Fili
d) By refusing to study d) All of Rizal’s works

28. Rizal organized a secret society in 34. Rizal described his father as “a model
UST to unite Filipino students. What was it of fathers” in his memoirs. Who was his
called? father?
a) Companerismo a) Gregorio Rizal
 b) Jose Alberto Rizal 40. Rizal refused to escape from prison
c) Francisco Mercado Rizal despite opportunities. What was his
d) Paciano Rizal reason?
a) He wanted to prove his innocence
35. Which decree in 1863 introduced a legally
formal education system in the b) He had no support from family
Philippines? c) He feared Spanish spies
a) The Claveria Decree d) He lost hope in the revolution
b) The Educational Decree of 1863
c) The Burgos Decree 41. If a student believes that education is
d) The Inquilino Law the key to freedom and social change,
which of Rizal’s values is he practicing?
--- a) Sacrifice
b) Love for family
### Later Life & Execution c) Value of education
d) Patriotism
36. Rizal studied surveying and passed
the exam in 1878, but could not get his 42. If a Filipino today resists discrimination
license yet. Why? based on skin color, which of Rizal’s
a) He was too young experiences is most similar?
b) He failed the oral test a) Ateneo competition
c) He was in prison b) Discrimination at UST
d) He lacked tuition c) Childhood in Calamba
d) Friendship with O Sei San
37. In Dapitan, Rizal lived with a woman
who cared for him and stayed until his 43. A leader organizes a youth group to
death. Who was she? promote reforms peacefully. Which
a) O Sei San Rizal-inspired organization does this
b) Nellie Boustead resemble?
c) Josephine Bracken a) Katipunan
d) Gertrude Beckett b) Companerismo
c) La Liga Filipina
38. On December 30, 1896, Rizal was d) Ilustrados
executed at Bagumbayan. How old was
he? 44. If someone today writes a poem
a) 32 encouraging the youth to rise for the
b) 33 nation, he is imitating which Rizal work?
c) 34 a) *Sa Aking Mga Kabata*
d) 35 b) *A La Juventud Filipina*
c) *Mi Ultimo Adios*
39. Rizal’s famous farewell poem, *Mi d) *El Filibusterismo*
Ultimo Adios,* was hidden inside what
object? 45. If a student argues that love for
a) His shoe country must be stronger than personal
b) An oil lamp love, he reflects Rizal’s decision to:
c) His hat a) Study in Europe
d) A book b) End relationships for patriotism
c) Write secret love notes
 d) Refuse to join Katipunan

46. If a Filipino today refuses to

compromise his faith for marriage, he
shares a similar decision with Rizal and
which woman?
a) O Sei San
b) Nellie Boustead
c) Josephine Bracken
d) Leonor Rivera

47. A community leader today promotes

unity among educated citizens to seek
reforms. Which historical group does this
mirror?
a) Katipunan
b) Ilustrados
c) Gomburza
d) Inquilinos

48. A student says, “History is important

because it shows how injustices spark
revolutions.” Which event best proves this
in Rizal’s time?
a) Rizal’s execution
b) Gomburza’s martyrdom
c) Opening of Suez Canal
d) Galleon Trade

49. A Filipino youth joins an exchange

program in Europe and returns with liberal
ideas for reform. Which generation of
Filipinos does he resemble?
a) Inquilinos
b) Katipuneros
c) Ilustrados
d) Principalia

50. If Rizal were alive today and saw

social injustices, he would most likely:
a) Call for violent revolt
b) Write essays and novels
c) Refuse to participate
d) Leave the country quietly